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For seven innings, it looked like business as usual. Cristopher Sánchez dominated, the Phillies homered twice, and a home crowd braced for another routine win.
Instead, the bullpen unraveled, a rain delay muddied the finish, and Miami walked away with a 6-5 comeback victory in extras that left the remnants of the Philadelphia crowd deflated.
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Sánchez continued his Cy Young-caliber season with seven scoreless frames of three-hit ball, carving through a Marlins lineup stacked with right-handed bats. He struck out six, induced weak contact, and looked every bit the stopper Rob Thomson has leaned on all year.
Meanwhile, the offense got its usual jolt from Kyle Schwarber, who opened the s